Badge mounting



Feb. 8, 1944. J, DE SWART- 2,341,083

BADGE MOUNTING Filed Aug. 18, 1942 INVENTOR.

Jan ded'wqrij Patented Feb. 8, 1944 BADGE MOUNTING Jan de Swart, Los Angeles, Calif., assignor of one-half to C. Bland Jamison, Beverly Hills,

Calif.

Application August 18, 1942, Serial No. 455,161

2 Claims. (Cl. 24-161) This invention has to do with mountings for badges and the like, and, more particularly, it relates to safety pin means employed for such pur oses.

In the conventional means for mounting badges and the like, the pin element by which the badge is secured to the garment of the wearer is either without any means at its free end for guarding the pin or for preventing th pin from slipping out of the garment, or else the free end is anchored under a relatively complicated guard, under which it is relatively diificult to insert the free end of the pin and from which it is easy for the pin to escape unless locked in position by well-known, relatively expensive locking means.

It is an object of my invention to provide a novel and eflicient means for mounting and retaining badges and the like on a garment.

It is also an object to provide a badge mounting which is relatively simple and inexpensive, which provides maximum ease of application and effectively safeguards against accidental escape of the pin from the garment.

Still further advantages are inherent in my invention and how those as well as the foregoing objects are attained will be made clear by the following detailed explanation of a presently preferred adaptation, for which purpose I shall refer to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a rear plan view;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a rear plan view of a variational form of my invention; and

Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawing, I show at 5 a body having a front indicia-carrying surface 5a, an indicia element 6 being shown secured to surface 5a. Preferably, though not necessarily, the body is made of a suitable plastic.

On the rear, substantially flat surface I of body 5, I provide a boss 8, which may be formed integral with the body as shown, or which may be secured thereto, in any of the well-known manners. This boss has firmly embedded therein the inner end of a resilient pin IQ, the boss normally holding the pin disposed parallel with and spaced from the body surface I, only the resiliency of the pin permitting the outer free end Illa of the pin to be swung away from the body.

Diametrically spaced along surface 1 from boss 8, I provide a projecting socket member l2 having in its top face a V slot M to receive the free end Illa of the pin. The outer end surface I5 of member I 2 slants upwardly and inwardly from its bottom, the pin Hi being of such length that its free end is in a plane approximately with the outer end of the base portion l6 of member I2 whereby to permit the free end of the pin to catch in the garment when the device is dragged over the garment surface in the course of applying it and yet the pointed end of the pin is not dangerously exposed. The inner end of member I2 is undercut at l8 and is relatively pointed at its top H! for the purpose to be described.

In applying the pin to a fabric garment, the user merely grasps the body 5 and drags the back surface of the body Over the surface of the fabric in the direction in which the pin [0 points, until the pin end Illa engages in the fabric. Then further movement of the body will cause the pin to be inserted in the fabric, the fabric riding over the slanting end I5a of member l2 and eventually into the area between member 12 and boss 8. Upon being released, the resiliency of the pin will cause it to resiliently press against the bottom of the slot l 4 and will resist being withdrawn from the fabric. Moreover, the pointed inner end IQ of member I2 will engage the fabric and further resist accidental escape of the pin. When so mounted, the fabric through which the pin is inserted is compressed between the pin and body surface 1 as well as between boss 8 and pro-lection l2.

In the views of Figs. 4 and 5, I show a variational form in which the parts are as before described and are identified by like numerals, except that here I show, at each side of the member I2, 9, pair of pointed projections 20 which will tend to engage the fabric of the garment to which the pin is applied as the pin resiliently clamps the fabric towards the body and will prevent the device from rocking from side to side.

While I have described a preferred adaptation of my invention, I wish it understood that the invention, in its broader aspects, is not to be confined to the details described except insofar as may appear from the appended claims.

I claim: s

1. In a device of the class described, a body having a surface adapted to engage against a fabric garment or the like, a resilient pin insertable in said fabric and having its inner end secured to the body in such position that the pin is disposed along and resiliently compresses the fabric towards said surface, a projection extending outwardly from the surface, the end of said projection being resiliently engaged by and functioning to space the outer end of the pin from said surface, and a pair of additional projections extending outwardly from said surface, one at each side of the pin, in position to engage the fabric.

2. In a device of the class described, a body having a surface adapted to engage against a fabric garment or the like, a resilient pin insertable in said fabric and having its inner end secured to the body in such position that the pin is disposed along and resiliently compresses the ing outwardly from the surface, the end of said projection being resiliently engaged by and functioning to space the outer end of the pin from said surface, and fabric-engaging means project'- ing outwardly from said surface and ofiset from the longitudinal axis of the pin, whereby to oppose rocking of the body about the longitudinal axisof the pin. I I

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fabric towards said surface, a projection extend- 

